diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index 84bb50fc2..75d92221a 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -50775,6 +50775,11 @@ components:
             - messageId
             - ref
           additionalProperties: false
+        view:
+          description: "`table` when the answer asked for the table view of a table that has a chart; the chart stays for the
+            toggle. Absent: the chart shows first when there is one."
+          type: string
+          const: table
       required:
         - ref
         - source
@@ -51074,6 +51079,11 @@ components:
             - messageId
             - ref
           additionalProperties: false
+        view:
+          description: "`table` when the answer asked for the table view of a table that has a chart; the chart stays for the
+            toggle. Absent: the chart shows first when there is one."
+          type: string
+          const: table
         columns:
           type: array
           items:
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/chat/__tests__/route-followups.test.ts b/src/app/api/insights/chat/__tests__/route-followups.test.ts
index 72188cc93..8110489ee 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/chat/__tests__/route-followups.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/chat/__tests__/route-followups.test.ts
@@ -205,11 +205,18 @@ describe("a reuse chip", () => {
       "result",
     ).map((f) => f.result);
     expect(result.rows).toEqual(world.storedTables[0].rows);
-    expect(result.chart).toBeNull();
+    // The table shows first; the chart stays, so the chart is offered back.
+    expect(result.view).toBe("table");
+    expect(result.chart).toEqual(world.storedTables[0].chart);
     expect(result.reusedFrom).toEqual({
       messageId: h.LAST_ASSISTANT_ID,
       ref: "r1",
     });
+    const [chips] = framesOf<{ followUps: CoachFollowUp[] }>(
+      run.frames,
+      "followUps",
+    );
+    expect(chips.followUps.map((c) => c.kind)).toEqual(["as_chart"]);
     expect(m.appendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({ role: "assistant", providerType: "reuse" }),
     );
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/__tests__/coach-results.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/__tests__/coach-results.test.tsx
index a20b8e685..fb8135868 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/__tests__/coach-results.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/__tests__/coach-results.test.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ describe("CoachResults", () => {
     expect(tableButton).toContain('aria-pressed="false"');
   });
 
+  it("opens an 'as a table' answer on the table, with the chart one tap away", () => {
+    const html = results([table({ view: "table" })], "displayed");
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="coach-result-table"');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="coach-result-chart"');
+    const chartButton = html.match(
+      /<button[^>]*data-slot="coach-result-view-chart"[^>]*>/,
+    )?.[0];
+    expect(chartButton).toContain('aria-pressed="false"');
+  });
+
   it("opens a table without a chart as a table, with no toggle", () => {
     const html = results(
       [table({ chart: null, chartKind: null })],
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-results.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-results.tsx
index f8456035c..b0a855961 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-results.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-results.tsx
@@ -247,8 +247,9 @@ function CoachResultView({
   const titleId = useId();
   const reusedLine = useReusedLine(result);
   const hasChart = result.chart !== null;
+  // "As a table" keeps the chart for the toggle but shows the table first.
   const [view, setView] = useState<ResultView>(
-    hasChart && chartFirst ? "chart" : "table",
+    hasChart && chartFirst && result.view !== "table" ? "chart" : "table",
   );
   if (!hasChart) {
     return <CoachResultTable result={result} method={reusedLine} />;
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/eval/__tests__/scenarios.test.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/eval/__tests__/scenarios.test.ts
index 4b605f2ec..688bd090f 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/eval/__tests__/scenarios.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/eval/__tests__/scenarios.test.ts
@@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ describe.each(["de", "en"] as const)("in %s", (lang) => {
     const [table] = resultsOf(frames);
     // The person still sees the title on their own table.
     expect(table.title).toBe(INJECTED_TITLE);
-    expect(table.chart).toBeNull();
+    // Asked for as a table: the table shows first, its chart kept beside it.
+    expect(table.view).toBe("table");
 
     // Were the same text to ride the transcript, the fence check fails.
     const leaked = await run({
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/__tests__/derive.test.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/__tests__/derive.test.ts
index 1aa7ec7da..35aeb355d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/__tests__/derive.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/__tests__/derive.test.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ describe("deriveFollowUps — the rules", () => {
     expect(all).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("offers the chart back for a table shown as a table", () => {
+    const chips = derive({
+      results: [
+        table("bp", { chartKind: "line", displayed: true, view: "table" }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(chips[0]).toMatchObject({ kind: "as_chart", reuse: true });
+  });
+
   it("offers the other view of a table that has a chart, as a reuse chip", () => {
     const shown = derive({
       results: [table("bp", { chartKind: "line", displayed: true })],
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/derive.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/derive.ts
index 7c22c6537..6bf30bee9 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/derive.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/follow-ups/derive.ts
@@ -167,9 +167,12 @@ export function deriveFollowUps(args: {
       period: source.period,
     };
     if (meta.chartKind !== null) {
+      // The other view of what the answer shows: a table shown as a table
+      // offers its chart, a shown chart offers its table.
+      const showsChart = meta.displayed && meta.view !== "table";
       candidates.push(
         buildFollowUp({
-          kind: meta.displayed ? "as_table" : "as_chart",
+          kind: showsChart ? "as_table" : "as_chart",
           anchor,
           origin: "server",
           locale,
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/results/__tests__/executor-results.test.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/results/__tests__/executor-results.test.ts
index 7890a7c97..3ea6c0338 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/results/__tests__/executor-results.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/results/__tests__/executor-results.test.ts
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ describe("show_result", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("shows the table without a chart for view table", async () => {
+  it("shows the table first for view table, the chart kept beside it", async () => {
     readMessageResults.mockResolvedValue([STORED]);
     const result = await executeCoachTool({
       userId: "u1",
@@ -384,10 +384,12 @@ describe("show_result", () => {
       rawArguments: JSON.stringify({ ref: "m2.r1", view: "table" }),
       turn: turn(),
     });
+    // The table shows first; the chart the server picks stays beside it.
     expect(result.table).toMatchObject({
       rows: STORED.rows,
-      chart: null,
-      chartKind: null,
+      view: "table",
+      chart: { kind: "line", x: "day", series: ["value"] },
+      chartKind: "line",
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/stream-events.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/stream-events.ts
index d20ea8bd7..20bdc60fc 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/stream-events.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/stream-events.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ const coachResultMetaShape = {
     .object({ messageId: messageIdSchema, ref: resultRefSchema })
     .optional()
     .describe("Set when the table was copied from an earlier message."),
+  view: z
+    .literal("table")
+    .optional()
+    .describe(
+      "`table` when the answer asked for the table view of a table that has a chart; the chart stays for the toggle. Absent: the chart shows first when there is one.",
+    ),
 };
 
 export const coachResultMetaSchema = z.object(coachResultMetaShape).meta({
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/tools/executor.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/tools/executor.ts
index af311b9b0..ed4b09da2 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/tools/executor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/tools/executor.ts
@@ -893,11 +893,20 @@ async function getMetricTable(
  * then reads the summary of what is shown.
  */
 function withResultView(
-  table: CoachResultTable,
+  shown: CoachResultTable,
   view: "table" | "chart" | undefined,
   locale: Locale,
 ): CoachResultTable {
-  if (view === "table") return { ...table, chart: null, chartKind: null };
+  // The view is this showing's alone, never the stored copy's.
+  const { view: _stored, ...table } = shown;
+  if (view === "table") {
+    // The table shows first; the chart stays for the toggle and the chip
+    // back to it.
+    const chart = deriveChartSpec(table);
+    return chart
+      ? { ...table, chart, chartKind: chart.kind, view: "table" }
+      : { ...table, chart: null, chartKind: null };
+  }
   if (view === "chart") {
     const { t } = getServerTranslator(locale);
     const distribution = buildDistributionTable(table, {
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/__tests__/follow-up-turn.test.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/__tests__/follow-up-turn.test.ts
index d2eed8eb2..139fb6def 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/__tests__/follow-up-turn.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/__tests__/follow-up-turn.test.ts
@@ -327,16 +327,21 @@ describe("a reuse chip", () => {
     expect(annotated("coach.followUp.reused")).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
-  it("drops the chart on 'as a table'", async () => {
+  it("shows the table first on 'as a table' and offers the chart back", async () => {
     const asTable = { ...AS_CHART, kind: "as_table" as const };
     m.findMany.mockResolvedValue(latestReply([asTable]));
     m.readMessageResults.mockResolvedValue([STORED]);
     const out = await frames(await runCoachTurn(input()));
     const result = out.find((f) => f.type === "result");
-    expect(result?.type === "result" && result.result.chart).toBeNull();
-    expect(result?.type === "result" && result.result.rows).toEqual(
-      STORED.rows,
-    );
+    expect(result?.type === "result" && result.result).toMatchObject({
+      view: "table",
+      chart: STORED.chart,
+      rows: STORED.rows,
+    });
+    const chips = out.find((f) => f.type === "followUps");
+    expect(
+      chips?.type === "followUps" && chips.followUps.map((c) => c.kind),
+    ).toEqual(["as_chart"]);
   });
 
   it("goes to the model with the chip's hint when the table is withheld", async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/provenance.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/provenance.ts
index 9df7b0098..1be87da47 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/provenance.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/provenance.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export function toResultMeta(table: CoachResultTable): CoachResultMeta {
     chartKind: table.chartKind,
     displayed: table.displayed,
     ...(table.reusedFrom ? { reusedFrom: table.reusedFrom } : {}),
+    ...(table.view ? { view: table.view } : {}),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/reuse-turn.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/reuse-turn.ts
index 1543d2699..84c35a260 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/reuse-turn.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/turn/reuse-turn.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  * and persists an assistant message with `providerType: "reuse"`.
  *
  * The table is copied as it was stored: the same rows, the same columns,
- * marked with where it came from. Only the view changes: "as a chart" keeps
- * the stored chart, "as a table" drops it so the table is what shows.
+ * marked with where it came from. Only the view changes: "as a chart" shows
+ * the stored chart, "as a table" shows the table first and keeps the chart
+ * for the toggle and the chip back to it.
  *
  * Answers null, before anything is written, when the stored table cannot be
  * served (withheld, unreadable, or no chart to show). The pipeline then runs
@@ -59,14 +60,17 @@ async function copyStoredTable(args: {
   );
   const entry = entries?.find((candidate) => candidate.ref === ref);
   if (!entry || "withheld" in entry) return null;
-  const chart = followUp.kind === "as_chart" ? entry.chart : null;
-  if (followUp.kind === "as_chart" && chart === null) return null;
+  if (followUp.kind === "as_chart" && entry.chart === null) return null;
+  // Only the view changes. "As a table" keeps the chart beside the table, so
+  // the reply can offer the chart again.
+  const { view: _view, ...stored } = entry;
   return {
-    ...entry,
+    ...stored,
     ref: "r1",
     displayed: true,
-    chart,
-    chartKind: chart?.kind ?? null,
+    ...(followUp.kind === "as_table" && entry.chart !== null
+      ? { view: "table" as const }
+      : {}),
     reusedFrom: { messageId: sourceMessageId, ref },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/types.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/types.ts
index 24dd84ebf..fa488034f 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/types.ts
@@ -387,6 +387,12 @@ export interface CoachResultMeta {
   displayed: boolean;
   /** Set when the table was copied from an earlier message of the thread. */
   reusedFrom?: { messageId: string; ref: string };
+  /**
+   * v1.39.4 — `table` when the answer asked for the table view of a table
+   * that has a chart ("as a table"). The chart stays, so the other view is
+   * one tap away. Absent: the chart shows first when there is one.
+   */
+  view?: "table";
 }
 
 /** Encrypted at rest; on the wire only to the owner. */